South Africa

Unitarian Church of South Africa

Status:

Full Member

Members:

110

Ministers:

2

Founded:

1867 by The Rev. David Faure of the Dutch Reformed Church, who had absorbed liberal views while studying for the ministry in the Netherlands.
On returning to South Africa, he was rejected and established an independent congregation. After his retirement, the congregation was served by a succession of ministers from Britain and the U.S and South Africa.

Congregations:

1 congregation in Cape Town, 3 fellowships: Somerset West (Cape Town suburb), Johannesburg, and Durban. A new fellowship is being formed in Paarl, also a Cape Town suburb.